Download or read book History Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade written by William Willoughby Cole Verner and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History And Campaigns Of The Rifle Brigade Vol II 1800 1809 written by Colonel Willoughby Verner and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Rifle Brigade from 1809 to 1813 - mainly Peninsular War in which the regiment was involved from start to finish. On 10th May 1809 the strength of the 1st Battalion was 1,536 and the 2nd 1,579 and so a 3rd Battalion was formed. The unfortunate 2nd Battalion was involved in the Walcheren expedition August to December 1809 and when our troops evacuated the place battle deaths had amounted to 111, deaths from disease numbered over 4,000. But the main subject in this volume is the Peninsular War in which the regiment played a very active part from beginning to end. All three battalions were involved and seventeen Battle Honours were awarded, the highest number for any regiment in that campaign. The descriptions of operations are in detail, supported by superb maps. Throughout his account the author draws upon contemporary sources, official correspondence, despatches, reports, letters, diaries, reminiscences and on the work of such historians as Fortescue and Oman. —Print Ed.
Download or read book History And Campaigns Of The Rifle Brigade Vol I 1800 1809 written by Colonel Willoughby Verner and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of The Rifle Brigade from its formation in 1800, its organization, uniform, equipment, arms and training and battles ending at Corunna in January 1809. The Rifle Brigade was formed in 1800 by detachments from various regiments as the ‘Experimental Corps of Riflemen’ initially and then ‘Rifle Corps’. It was under this name that the new regiment first made its mark under Nelson in the following year at the Battle of Copenhagen. In 1803 it was designated the 95th (Rifle) Regiment and in 1816, after Waterloo, it was taken out of the numbered regiments of the line and styled ‘The Rifle Brigade.’ In this first part the author, who served in the regiment, traces the evolution of the Rifle Corps with the advent of the rifle, which replaced the musket, and its effect on tactics...Dress, drill, equipment and armament all feature and the important period spent at Shorncliffe when Sir John Moore, the father of the Light Brigade, commanded the garrison; he was then regarded as “ the best trainer of troops England has ever possessed.” The first taste of action came with the Ferrol Expedition in 1800 which had the destruction of the Spanish base. The ‘Experimental Corps of Riflemen’ contributed detachments numbering 170 under the command of Stewart. They were first ashore on 25th August and it was the only corps in action on that day, which henceforth was celebrated as the birthday of the Regiment. During the next nine years covered in this book the regiment served on many fronts—Copenhagen, Germany, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres and finally the Peninsula where the 2nd Battalion arrived on 12th July 1808 and fought its first action against the French, at Rolica on 17th August. This first part ends with the terrible retreat to and battle of Corunna in January 1809 where Moore “was struck down by a round shot ......the ball carrying away his left shoulder and leaving his arm hanging by the exposed tendons.” Moore died of his wounds that same evening.—Print Ed.
Download or read book History and Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade written by William Willoughby Cole Verner and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade written by William Willoughby Cole Verner and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade written by William Willoughby Cole Verner and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Rifle Brigade The Prince Consort s Own Formerly the 95th written by William Henry Cope and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-29 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book The History of the Rifle Brigade the Prince Consort s Own Formerly the 95th written by Sir William Henry Cope and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adventures In The Rifle Brigade written by John Kincaid and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1998-06-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventures in the Rifle Brigade is probably the most well-known and most popular of the many memoirs written by the men who served under Wellington in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns. The author, Captain John Kincaid, served in the 95th Rifles, the most famous of Wellington's regiments, a regiment which ‘was first in the field and last out'. Kincaid fought in most of the great campaigns in the Peninsula between 1809 and 1814 and at Waterloo, in 1815, where he served as adjutant to the 1st Battalion of the Regiment. The beauty of this memoir is the way in which Kincaid paints a picture, and a very humourous and entertaining too, of life on campaign in Wellington's army. The book also has its serious nature, of course, for Kincaid witnessed some of the bloodiest episodes of the war, none more than Badajoz, where the 95th, part of the famous Light Division, was hurled at the massive forbidding walls more than forty times in a vain attempt to pass the breaches. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, the 1835 first edition of which is reproduced in facsimile here, is history at its very best; informative, enlightening and perceptive, hard fact mixed with humour, a vivid portrayal of life on campaign in one of the most famous regiments in the British army, and most importantly, enjoyable and vastly entertaining.
Download or read book HISTORY OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE written by WILLIAM H. COPE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rifle Brigade Chronicle written by Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Official History Of The New Zealand Rifle Brigade Illustrated Edition written by Captain William Esmonde Lennox Napier and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40 Illustrations of the officers, men and battles they engaged in. The Rifle Brigade has a long and distinguished history in the British Army as a corps of elite troops with a fighting pedigree stretching back to the times of Wellington, the Peninsular War and Waterloo. During the First World War the huge number of volunteers from New Zealand overstripped the ability of the administration to provide more than one brigade of infantry in 1915. However in 1916 a second brigade was formed and was designated as the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, marrying the traditions of the British Rifle Brigade for the highest standards of soldiery and the New Zealand traditions of courage, native skill and toughness. The New Zealand Rifle Brigade fought with distinction across the British zones of the battlefields of France and Flanders. As their official historian recounts with his vivid narrative from the bloody but successful debut at the battle of Flers-Courcelette, the battle of Messines, Passchendaele and the dark days of the German offensives in 1918, the “Dinks” as they were known covered themselves in glory. They would produce two Victoria cross winners from their ranks and many of their men would return to their native islands with other high honours for gallantry and bravery. However, the losses of these brave men were prodigious and the names of the fallen are inscribed in full detail in an appendix at the end of the book.
Download or read book History of the Rifle Brigade written by William H. Cope and published by . This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Cope was comissioned into The Rifle Brigade in 1830 and retired in 1839.This really excellent volume covers the history of The Rifle Brigade from formation to 1874 (1st Ashanti War). Indispensable with a first rate index.
Download or read book A British Rifle Man written by George Simmons and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 1899 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the best and most justly famous of the many memoirs of a serving British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Born in Beverley in east Yorkshire, George Simmons began his military life in 1805 as Assistant Surgeon in the LIncoln Militia. He subsequently joined the 95th Rifles in order to help pay for his younger brothers education. Simmons served throughout the thick of the Peninsular War under Wellington, doing his duty as a Rifleman in six campaigns up to 1814, and seeing action at the sieges of Ciudad Roderigo and Badajoz and the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, and finally of Waterloo. He was thrice severely wounded, but survived to write these memoirs, which were basaed on the letters he sent home to his impecunious but doting parents.
Download or read book Verner s History and Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade Volume 2 written by Colin Pitt and published by . This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume two of the Rifle Brigade looks at the development of rifle fire in the British Army between 1800 - 1815, and describes various European Rifle Corps. The main focus of this volume is The Peninsula War.
Download or read book The History Of The Rifle Brigade The Prince Consort S Own Formerly The 95Th written by William Henry Cope and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History Of The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort'S Own) Formerly The 95Th has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Download or read book Adventures in the Rifle Brigade in the Peninsula France and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 written by J. Kincaid and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Adventures in the Rifle Brigade' takes readers on a journey through the Peninsular War, as seen through the eyes of seasoned soldier and master storyteller, John Kincaid. His witty and engaging memoirs offer a unique glimpse into life following the drum, with tales of camaraderie, loss, and survival on the battlefield. Kincaid's descriptions of the experimental 'light' regiment, the 95th, showcase their innovative tactics and independent thinking. With a perfect balance of humor and detail, this memoir brings to life the experiences of those who fought in the Napoleonic campaigns, offering a fresh perspective that still resonates with readers today.
